I have another 16 shots to post from my recent trip to the UK – mostly seascapes, some beachcombing shots, and a few urban snaps – but I took this yesterday and thought it made an interesting change from the stuff I've been posting recently.
I'll tell you more about it later. In the meanwhile: five points if you can work out what it is, another ten if you identify the camera I used, and several million if you can work out the object in the background ;-)
comment bynjr at 06:19 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Very cool.
I immediately assumed it was a bottle we're looking down the neck of, and I suppose I would guess it's an iPhone camera. But maybe those are too obvious.
I don't think I'll take the background object challenge ;-)
comment byGarry at 07:31 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Great shot...nice to see that it didn't need much tweaking from the original too :)
I'm going to agree with njr and say bottle (maybe a corona beer one?), iphone and maybe a mug of tea in the background??
comment bydjn1 at 07:34 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Nick and Garry: you're both pretty much spot on with the object and camera. It was shot with an iPhone and it's an Ariana beer bottle (a local Bulgarian brand). As for the background: since when were cups of tea bright red? ;-)
comment byMatteo at 07:38 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
I don't know what it is but.. welcome back! I really missed the blog this summer :)
comment bydjn1 at 07:44 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Matteo: I hadn't realised how little I'd been posting since I checked my monthly archives. I'll make sure it doesn't end up quite so long between updates in the future.
comment byGarry at 09:08 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
since they were in mugs like these! :P http://bit.ly/qOg9aM
...but I've just realised that I was looking at t from the wrong angle...so if it had been a mug it would have been spilling anyway...
comment byCarlos Garcia at 10:46 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Glad you did! Great capture. This is a Chromasia classic. A bottle?
comment byCarlos Garcia at 10:54 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Or... a vase, or wine glass, you used a photo camera, and the background is a velvet red table cloth.... or a fire engine. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
comment byMatteo at 11:02 AM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
David: of course I missed the blog but on the other hand I enjoyed all the updates (gallery and so on) very much.
comment byID7 at 12:06 PM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Two quick to answer, theres a lot of people with time on their hands out there!.... its an iphone from the image ratio and another one of those funky, mind blowing Bulgarian beer varieties that give you a massive hangover :-) ...... I suspect the red is left over from some contaminent in said alcohol.
comment bydjn1 at 02:53 PM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Yep, iPhone, a bottle of Ariana. As for the red thing: it's the cover of Twilight, the Stephenie Meyer book. I just needed something with a splash of colour to focus on.
comment byGarry at 04:18 PM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
I'm sorry that you had to get that close to a copy of "Twilight"... I hear that there is therapy available...
comment bydjn1 at 04:29 PM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Garry: when viewed through the bottom of a beer bottle it didn't look anywhere near as bad :)
comment by Jimmy at 06:15 PM (GMT) on 28 September, 2011
Nothing looks bad when viewed through the bottom of a beer bottle. ;-)
comment byMy Frame of Life at 06:41 AM (GMT) on 29 September, 2011
Exceptional, as usual. I do love the +saturation though.
Very cool. Reminds me of stuff I used to shoot and miss. I guessed the beer bottle correctly, though not the brand, but the iPhone and book cover were a surprise.
I have another 16 shots to post from my recent trip to the UK – mostly seascapes, some beachcombing shots, and a few urban snaps – but I took this yesterday and thought it made an interesting change from the stuff I've been posting recently.
I'll tell you more about it later. In the meanwhile: five points if you can work out what it is, another ten if you identify the camera I used, and several million if you can work out the object in the background ;-)
Very cool.
I immediately assumed it was a bottle we're looking down the neck of, and I suppose I would guess it's an iPhone camera. But maybe those are too obvious.
I don't think I'll take the background object challenge ;-)
Great shot...nice to see that it didn't need much tweaking from the original too :)
I'm going to agree with njr and say bottle (maybe a corona beer one?), iphone and maybe a mug of tea in the background??
Nick and Garry: you're both pretty much spot on with the object and camera. It was shot with an iPhone and it's an Ariana beer bottle (a local Bulgarian brand). As for the background: since when were cups of tea bright red? ;-)
I don't know what it is but.. welcome back! I really missed the blog this summer :)
Matteo: I hadn't realised how little I'd been posting since I checked my monthly archives. I'll make sure it doesn't end up quite so long between updates in the future.
since they were in mugs like these! :P http://bit.ly/qOg9aM
...but I've just realised that I was looking at t from the wrong angle...so if it had been a mug it would have been spilling anyway...
Glad you did! Great capture. This is a Chromasia classic. A bottle?
Or... a vase, or wine glass, you used a photo camera, and the background is a velvet red table cloth.... or a fire engine. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
David: of course I missed the blog but on the other hand I enjoyed all the updates (gallery and so on) very much.
Two quick to answer, theres a lot of people with time on their hands out there!.... its an iphone from the image ratio and another one of those funky, mind blowing Bulgarian beer varieties that give you a massive hangover :-) ...... I suspect the red is left over from some contaminent in said alcohol.
Yep, iPhone, a bottle of Ariana. As for the red thing: it's the cover of Twilight, the Stephenie Meyer book. I just needed something with a splash of colour to focus on.
I'm sorry that you had to get that close to a copy of "Twilight"... I hear that there is therapy available...
Garry: when viewed through the bottom of a beer bottle it didn't look anywhere near as bad :)
Nothing looks bad when viewed through the bottom of a beer bottle. ;-)
Exceptional, as usual. I do love the +saturation though.
Very cool. Reminds me of stuff I used to shoot and miss. I guessed the beer bottle correctly, though not the brand, but the iPhone and book cover were a surprise.